Fishing-reel.



No. 818,880 PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

W. ERNST & A. A. PATTONI FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, 1905.

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lflLLlnlrl ERNST AN D ALVA A. PA'lTTON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FlSHlNG-REEL Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed June 28,1905- Serial No. 267,358.

To all 1111mm, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM EnNsr and ALVA A. PAT'lON, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of (lalifornia, have invented new one useful Improvements in F1. iing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in fishing-reels.

It consists in the combination of parts whereby the reel may be rendered automatic or by means of a friction-clutch the spool may be rendered free from or turnable with the shaft.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained'by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is longitudinal section of our invention. Fig. 2 is section on the line A A. Fig. is an end view of our braking Inechonisni. s side view of the same.

The reel a suitable frame A,

consist:

.within which the shaft is centrally journaled, extending between the disks which form the ends of the frame. Upon this shaft is loosely turnable a spool 3, upon igvhich the line is coiled.

a: a spring, and is a train ofgearingso connected with the spring and with the shaft 2 that'ithe line may be uncoiled from the spool and through the gearing will act to coil he spring and increase its tension, and when the strain upon the line is less than the tensionpd the spring the latter will act to again resort the l' is it L tnrnahle upon a screwrest the shalt end movable,

o i ced along its screwtow Ll th" i the spool it will enth internal cone 7 at the end of r thus loci; the spool to the If it nesired to disengage this spool and allow it to turn inde endently of the clutch, the latter moved outwardly, thus disengaging it from the spool-cone. jlhis mo /enient of the clutch-disk may be effected by means of a sliding pawl 8, which is movable radially with stion to the clutch and which by being pressed inwardly is made to engage with s notch in this clutch, there being a series o't' such notches around l as s own st *3. Thus the part so in time a d lever is mounted parallel with the clamp 19,

which hdlds the reel to the rod and convenient to be operated by the thumb. When the lever is pressed down, the spring 18 yields and the brake is applied to the casing 14, so as to prevent its rotation. 10 is a pinion fixed upon the shaft 2 at the end opposite, to the end which carries the gears 4, and this pinion is engaged by a gear 11, mounted upon a journaled stud 12, to the" outer end of which is fixed the crank 13. By means of this crank and the-intermediate gearing the shaft 2 may be turned, and when the clutch is engaged and the brake applied the spring 4 will be coiled when the line runs out, and the spring 4 acts automatically to again coil the line when the strain on the line slackens.

il hen the brake is released, the reel and the gearing, spring and casing 14 will turn freely and in unison with the s 001 and crankactnated gearing, operatin 11 e an ordinary reel. If after a fish is hodlied the line continues to run out after the spring 4 is fully coiled, the brake may be manipulated to relieve the strain, and thus check the further run of the fish. \Vhen the clutch is disengaged, the spool turns freely upon the shaft 2 and the automatic gearing and its casing stands still. This free turning of the reel allows a long cast to be made in bait-fishing and when a sinker is employed. The operationgwill then be as follows: When a cast is to be made, the clutch is dis engaged and the reel will then turn freel while a cast is being made and the line will run as far as desired. The brake or dra is then applied to the casing and when a fisli is struck and starts to run the gearing will act to coil the spring and the spring and the automatio action of the reel will take place.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination e. fishing-reel of a shaft, e spool freely revoluble thereon, I the shat, aline clutch member slidable on the shaft and a companion member fixed to the spool, and a radially-operable member engageable with the shaft clutch member for holding it against rotation whereby the turning of the shaft will engage or disengage the clutch members.

2. In a fishingreel, a frame, a shaft journaled therein, Winding-gear connected With the shaft, a line-holding spool freely turnable upon the shaft, & clutch carried by the shaft said clutch comprising two members both concentric with the shaft and one of said members rotatable with the shaft and also capable of a longitudinal movement relative thereto, and radially-operating means to engage and disengage the movable clutch member With the spool.

3. In a fishing-reel, & frame, a shaft journaled therein, winding-gear connected with the shaft, a line-holding spool freely turnable upon the shaft and carrying a clutch memher, a second clutch member carried by and concentric with the shaft, and a radiallyoperating slide by which said second member is interlocked With-the spool member.

4. In a fishing-reel, a frame, a shaft journaled therein, Winding-gear connected With upon the shaft 0 a slide movable upon the frame to said device, whereby the turning of i c Wlll engage or dlsengage the eiutch mend 5. In a fisl1ing-reel, a frame, a gournaled therein, windinggear and a crank con-- nected with one end of the shaft, fixed to the opposite end of shaft and a c spring actuated in unison with said a casinginclosing the spring am turnable by the shaft, a brake which the casing n1 be arrested and the spring ind coiled and a Winding-spool tnrna u shaft and a clutch by which the spoo connected to turn with the shaft therefrom.

1n testimony Wlwreof We have i set our hands in presence of two subs Witnesses.

non the JlJlllhihi ALVA ."i.

W i tnesses HENRY P. Tincou, S. H. Nonnse. 

